Samsung selected from Nokia the status of the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, which the Finnish company retained for 14 years, reports Strategy Analytics . According to analysts, in the first quarter of 2012, Samsung delivered 93.5 million phones (including smartphones), which is 36 percent more than a year ago. Nokia deliveries amounted to 82.7 million devices, and the company's share in the market for a year decreased from 30.4 percent to 22.5 percent.

The Investigative Committee is going to close the criminal case against the former deputy chief of the deputy building department of the department of the President of the Russian Federation (UDP) by Vladimir Leshchevsky, who was suspected of receiving a major bribe from businessman Valery Morozov, the newspaper Kommersant found out.

The international rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered the long -term sovereign credit rating of Spain by two steps - to "BBB+" C "A", the forecast is negative, the agency’s release said. At the same time, the short-term sovereign credit rating is reduced to the "A-2" C "A-1". One of the factors of the rating action was the agency’s concerns that the country's government would be forced to provide assistance to the banking sector, Prime reports.

Zoya Svetova “Let’s imagine that Khodorkovsky wrote this petition. Medvedev would have received it, and then would have said: “No, I can’t pardon him, because he did not admit his guilt.” This was the case with Igor Sutyagin, who wrote a petition to Putin for pardon and guilt did not admit his own.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation made a proposal to introduce a zero VAT rate and allow electric vehicles to traffic in the public transport lane, reports Autonews.ru . According to the chairman of the subcommittee on strategic innovation in the car sector of the CCI, Andrei Pankov, the establishment of the zero rate of VAT will contribute to the development of electric vehicles in the country.

On Friday, the Tver court of Moscow ordered to recover 50 thousand rubles from the Ministry of Finance in favor of the activist of the Antifa movement Alexei Gaskarov, justified in the case of an attack on the building of the Khimki city administration. According to Interfax , Gaskarova’s lawsuit with a request for compensation for illegal criminal prosecution on Friday was partially satisfied.

Vasya Oblomov “It seems to me that changes in the country require political will, which is not even on the horizon now. History does not know a single case when power would change in such a peaceful way. Especially in our country.

The leadership of the University of Sea expelled a cadet-director from the university, who decided to become famous on the Internet using the video "I decided to pollute Lena", RIA Novosti reports. Another guide of punishment mentioned in the video escaped - he died shortly after the hooligan trick.

In connection with the recent sex scandal with the security guards of US President Barack Obama, who were sent from Colombia for communications with prostitutes, the American secret service began an investigation into the adventures of its employees and in other countries. As a result, it turned out that the security that ensures the safety of the American president was involved in several more similar cases. They indulged in sexual joys in Moscow, reports The Wall Street Journal .

At the first All -Russian Congress of the followers of Islam, which opened the day before in Moscow , the Union of Muslims of Russia was established. The forum gathered the leaders of women's organizations in Russia, the CIS countries, Turkey, Iran, scientists, representatives of the authorities and the public. The opening was performed by the chairman of the Council of the Russian Mufties (SMR) Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, the portal "Interfax-religion" reports with reference to the SMR website.

In the Republic of Tuva, a preliminary investigation of a criminal case was completed against the district authorized Ministry of Internal Affairs. They are accused of sophisticated tortures by the detainees, and even minors were among the victims. The prosecution was already charged with the former district police department in the Kyzyl district, the official website of the Investigative Department of Tuva reports.

The threat emanating from the confaker worm (aka downloadup, aka Kido) is still relevant. This virus, first discovered at the end of 2008, is one of the largest problems in the world of information security. According to Securitylab , the 12th Microsoft Security Intelligence Report report, in which Microsoft once again introduced its own vision of vulnerability in the software, the prospects of IT spheres, as well as an analysis of threats based on the results of the second half of 2011.

The police of the United Arab Emirates arrested two Arabs accused of robbery. Attackers acted under the guise of law enforcement officers and took a wallet from a foreigner, referring to a fictional ban on taking pictures of sights. False Police trained the robberies of tourists in Dubai. They were caught red -handed during the theft of money by the traveler with a camera who wandered along the streets of Murakabat, writes The Khaleej Times .

Until April 30, veterans of the Great Patriotic War will receive postcards from the president, as well as small cash payments in honor of the anniversary of Victory. Many of them hope that the state did not forget them when they pick up such congratulations.

vladimir_khitrov “On April 25, at the entrance to the closed city of Vilyuchinsk (there is a nuclear submarine base here), a 48-year-old civil engineer was detained who was trying to get into a military town without a pass. The guards took him to the checkpoint to find out about the purpose of the visit and took him away passport. However, the engineer was not in the mood to talk.